REARING TRENDS OF CAPTIVE ORANGUTANS · orangutans do not receive a normal, species specific...
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REARING TRENDS OF
CAPTIVE ORANGUTANS
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Why examine rearing trends?
Husbandry Advisor
responsibility is to look
at what captive
husbandry issues affect
orangutans
APES profiles indicated
that many animals had
been hand-reared
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Management Issues of Hand-
Rearing
orangutans do not receive a normal, species specific infancy which can lead to behavioral problems in the future. Socio-sexual development begins in infancy for orangutans
hand-rearing orangutans requires staff time and resources
some age classes of hand-reared orangutans have a greater chance of rejecting their own infants
breeding females do not acquire the necessary maternal skills to reinforce competent mothering
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RESEARCH QUESTIONS
• Does the age of the mother have an effect on rearing (i.e. do younger mothers have less success than older mothers)?
• Do hand-reared females have a poorer maternal performance than females in the other categories?
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RESEARCH QUESTIONS
• Are there species
differences among
rearing successes?
• Does the rearing style of
the dam have an effect
on how she raises her
own offspring?
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METHODS
Data is based on194 AZA orangutan births with known rearing type
Rearing types were categorized
Dams were assigned to 5 classifications
Other factors evaluated including
-age of dam at parturition (AAP)
-style in which infant was reared
-species type (Bornean, Sumatran or subspecific hybrid
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Rearing Classification
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% Numbers of 194 Orangutans in AZA Population for Which
Rearing Style is known
• Wild-born Dams – 63.917% of total population -124 animals,
• reared their infants: 25.257% of total population 49 animals = 39.516% of category
• infants hand-reared: 29.896% of total population 58 animals = 46.774% of category
• infants foster-reared: 1.546% of total population 3 animals = 2.419% of category
• infants combo-reared: 7.216% of total population 14 animals = 11.290% of category
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Captive-born/dam-reared dams
9.793% of total population
19 animals
• reared their infants 5.670% of total population 11
animals = 57.894% of category
• infants hand-reared 2.577% of total population 5
animals = 26.315% of category
• infants foster reared .515% of total population 1
animal = 5.263% of category
• infants combo reared 9.793% of total population 2
animals = 10.526% of category
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Captive-born/hand-reared dams
18.041% of total population
35 animals
• reared their infants 8.762% of total
population - 17 animals = 48.571% of category
• infants hand-reared 4.123% of total
population - 8 animals = 22.857% of category
• infants foster-reared 3.092% of total
populaiton - 6 animals = 30.927% of category
• infants combo-reared 2.061% of total
population - 4 animals = 11.428% of category
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Captive-born/foster-reared dams
1.030% of population
2 animals
• reared their infants 0% of total
population – 0 animals = 0% of category
• infants hand-reared 0% of total
population – 0 animals = 0% of category
• infants foster-reared 0% of total
population – 0 animals = 0% of category
• infants combo-reared 1.030% of total
population –2 animals = 100% of category
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Captive-born/combo-reared dams
7.216 of population
14 animals
• reared their infants: 3.092% of total
population 6 animals = 42.857% of category
• infants hand-reared: 3.092% of total population
6 animals = 42.857% of category
• infants foster-reared: 0% of total population
0 animals = 0% of category
• infants combo-reared: 1.030% of total
population 2 animals = 14.285% of category
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% Numbers of 194 orangutans in AZA
Population of Known Dam History
• Dam-reared: 42.78%
• Hand-reared: 39.69%
• Foster-reared: 5.15%
• Combo-reared: 12.37%
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Dam-rearing vs. Infant Interventions
AAP %dam-reared %infant interventions
<10 30.0 70.0
11-15 40.9 59.0
16-20 42.0 58.0
21-25 36.3 63.6
26-30 57.6 42.3
31-35 80.0 20.0
36+ 66.6 33.3
Total 50.48 49.4
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Breakdown of Infant Interventions
AAP Dam-Reared Hand-Reared
<10 9 21
11-15 18 26
16-20 21 29
21-25 12 21
26-30 15 11
31-35 4 1
36+ 4 2
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Rearing Status of Infants Born to
Hand-reared females
Age Range #of Hand-reared infants
<10 2 out of 3 infants
11-15 3 out of 7 infants
16-20 1 out of 5 infant
21-25 none
26-30 none
30+ no data for this category
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Historical Interventions
Date % dam-reared % Interventions
1955-59 .51 .51
1960-69 2.06 9.27
1970-79 7.73 18.04
1980-89 17.52 22.16
1990-99 13.91 7.21
2000- 1.03 0
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Interventions by species
Species Dam-reared Interventions
Sumatran 48(24.7%) 50(25.7%)
Bornean 31(15.9%) 55(28.3%)
Hybrid 4(2.06%) 6 (3.09%)
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Preliminary Conclusions
• Younger captive-born females have a higher incidence of not rearing their infants
• Wild orangutan females do not give birth until 12 years of age or older
• Young captive-born females should not be recommended to breed until older (supports natural reproductive patterns and increases chance for successful rearing
• Certain age classes of females may need maternal training to promote proper maternal care of infants
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BIRTH MANAGEMENT
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WHY IS BIRTH MANAGEMENT NECESSARY?
MOTHER INFANT
RELATIONSHIPS
FORMS THE BASIS
OF ALMOST ALL
SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
IN ANIMALS
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WHY IS BIRTH MANAGEMENT NECESSARY?
LACK OF CONSPECIFIC
MOTHERING DURING
INFANCY HAS BEEN
LINKED TO FUTURE
SEXUAL AND
MATERNAL DEFICIENCIES
THOROUGH PLANNING
FOR AN IMPENDING BIRTH
IS CRITICALTO LESSEN
THE CHANCE OF AN
INTERVENTION
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BIRTH MANAGEMENT PLAN
OVERVIEW
• Review of history of
expectant female
• Action plan development
based on guidelines that
is driven by an animal
management review of
the animals involved
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History of the expectant
female
• Apes profile
• Arks records
• Former Institutions
• Species Coordinator
• Husbandry Advisor
• Ape TAG Birth
Management Teams
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NULLIPAROUS FEMALES
No exposure to infants?
If female in under 10 and/or
hand-reared, maternal
skills training program
Some exposure to infants?
May have an increased
chance of successful
Mothering due to infant
exposure
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PRIMAPAROUS FEMALES
Successful at raising
Infants?
Female should continue
to care for future infants
Past Interventions?
Nature of intervention
will help define next
birth management
plan
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Intervention types
• Females who consistently
neglect their offspring
should ALWAYS be
considered for a maternal
skills training program
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REVIEW OF PAST SCENARIOS
Was the male present?
Enclosure properly
prepared?
Housed adjacent to
other animals that
Impacted her social
skills?
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OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
• Past social history could have impacted proper maternal care
• AAP
• Rearing style of past infants
• Were all the necessary preparations made? (bedding, diet, environmental conditions)
• Dam in good health?
• Infants in good health?
• Was labor and delivery difficult or compromised in any way?
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Competent mothering skills
but failed to allow nursing
FOCUS ON A TRAINING PROGRAM THAT PROMOTES NURSING SKILLS
• EXAMINE REASONS FOR BEHAVIOR
• NO MILK?
• IMPROPER POSITIONING?
• REMOVED INFANT FROM NIPPLE
• NURSING APPEARS UNCOMFORTABLE
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BIRTH MANAGEMENT PLAN
COMPONENTS
Overview which includes:
Present social/housing situation
Species Gestational Information Predicted due date
History of past gestations
Statement about taxa gestatation
Goals statement – goal of this pregnancy is for Sophia to …..
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STAFF ASSIGNMENTS
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PRE-PARTUM PREPARATIONS
Physical facility review
Hand-rearing equipment needs
Notifications of impending birth
Animal management plan for onset of labor
Assessing the condition of the infant
Additional considerations
Plan B – if all scenarios fail
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FACILITY REVIEW
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HAND-REARING EQUIPMENT
NEEDS
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ASSESSING THE INFANT
AND DAM’S CONDITION
• PHYSICAL CONDITION OF THE INFANT?
• PHYSICAL CONDITION OF THE DAM?
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ADDITIONAL
CONSIDERATIONS
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BIRTH PLAN TRACKING
SUMMARY
• DAY OF BIRTH
– WHEN LABOR IN
CONFIRMED
– WHEN THE INFANT
IS BORN
– AFTER HOURS BIRTH
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POST-PARTUM SCENARIOS
Infant is medically compromised
Dam is aggressive to the infant
Other group members aggressive to infant
Dam is ignoring infant
Dam interested but not carrying infant
Infant nurses within 24 hours
Infant doesn’t nurse within 24 hours
Infant or dam condition deterioates
Infant is healthy and reintro can take place
If all efforts fail to get the dam to care for infant
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APE TAG BIRTH
MANAGEMENT TEAM
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GOOD NEWS!!!